G-20 Protesters Declare Hamburg March Over After Clashes

Police uses water canons during a protest against the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, Thursday, July 6, 2017. The leaders of the group of 20 meet July 7 and 8. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — German police say organizers of a protest against the Group of 20 summit have declared the march over after trouble broke out at the start of the demonstration in the northern city of Hamburg.

Officers used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse black-hooded protesters at the event dubbed “G-20: Welcome to Hell.” Police say the masked protesters attacked them with bottles, stones and other objects and set fires in the street.

More than 100,000 protesters are expected in the city for the summit that takes place Friday and Saturday. Hamburg has boosted its forces so that 20,000 officers are on hand to patrol its streets, skies and waterways.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among those attending the summit hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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  1. And so the weekend festivities begin.

  2. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes with what I assume will be Trump & Putin’s first public handshake. Lordy, I hope there’s tapes.

  3. Not fucking helpful…and I’m seriously beginning to wonder how much the whole radicalized/extremist “anti-fa” and other “black mask” type nonsense is being bankrolled, organized or in some way false-flagged by the very people who are supposedly their targets.

  4. My thoughts exactly.

  5. I thought Donnie issued an Executive Order banning all protests?

    He even used a red “sharpie” to show he was really, really serious.

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